The Portland daily press., 1887-06-30
FROM BAR HARBoR.
Opening of the Season at Names
Famous Resort-News and Gossip.
Correspondence Of the PnEgs.l

Correspondence of the PREss.l
BAR HARBoB, June 27.-Bar HarbOr is
now rapidly advancing toward the ne plus
ultra Of gay and brilliant season. All is
hustle and confusion in making preparations
precedent to receiving the expected rush Of
visitors who will pour in by the first of next
month. All of the principal hotels have
opened their doors to goodly number Of
guests, while the list of summer residents is
being enlarged each day. Over 600 visitors
are now here, comfortably settled in their
seaside homes or Hospitality entertained at
the hotels. Quite large number arrive each
day but the usual crowd will not put in
their appearance until after the celebration
OF the nations birthday. The landlords
here expect this year to see the busiest sea-
son ever known at Bar Harbor The new
sewer is fast nearing completion, and the
telephone and electric light companies are
stringing their wires with all possible haste.
Landlords, merchants and workmen all vie
with each other in putting things in order
and beautifying the place for the pleasure
and comfort Of the summer visitors. Even
now. laborers by the roadside have hard
work to keep out of the way of rusticators
who are fast cOngregating.
,r Among the arrivals OF last week were: w.
1. Bridge, W. 7. Draper, w. II. Lee, Clar-
ence Cary, +. X. Sturgis, DR.. George Lee, all
Of New York; Miss S. w. Bates, G. II. Bates,
Mrs: Mason, j. j. Kennedy, X. Sanborn,
w, William A. jackson, Charles K. Corwin, Z,
WATSON M;ss RraaI Arnold r. I. Snow, ]; J. Pratt.
Nlckerson, W. I. Lowell of Boston; f. c.
Cook of Portland; Mrs. Harmer. Washing
ton, ID; e.; John NJ: Crapo, Albany; Law
renee renee TTowSnSssend, send, Miss Caldwell, Philadel-
Harvard; Miss Burt and Miss Rebecca
Burton Of Philadelphia.
Ex-Secretary Manning is stopping at the
klmball House, Northsast Harbor.
Col. James /. Christie. of Washington. ID
was here last week on a short visit. He was
much pleased with the appearance and at
fractions Of Bar Harbor.
Rev. Dewitt Talmage and family, of New
August.
Mrs. Charles Dennison, who is now en-
JOying a vacation with her husband. will
leave next month to fill a professional en-
gagement in Chicago.
Sir Roderck Cameron and Miss Cameron
with large party Of friends, will visit Bar
Harbor in their yacht the coming summer.
Dlr. q: nj. Ogden, of New York, has lately
returned to her home preparatory to setting
out ON European trip with her son.
MIR. Turner, the artist, from Florence, Ita-
ly, Rev. Mclaughlin, of Waterville, and
Rev. Miller, Of Philadelphia, win be the
guests Of Mrs. o. NJ. Shaw during the sea-
son.
Preparations for the coming regatta are
being put forward with all haste by those
who have the affair in charge. Over S22C0
have already been subscribed by prominent
citizens. Those who have contributed SlCo
for the success Of the occasion are Senator
Hale, Judge l.. A. Emery, Everard Greely,
III. G.. SDrOul. DIR More ID Rodiek g Sons
Many more have contributed smaller gifts.
Every effort will be put forth to make this
regatta the chief attraction for the season,
and It Is expected that many western yachts
will take part in the races.
The officers of the Patriarchs Militant of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of /. o. o. f., re-
Gently made Bar Harbor visit. Among the
visitors were Gen. John G. Underwood.
Originator Of the new degree,) Of kentucky,
Col. Pond, of Topeka, Kansas, and Col.
Frost, Of Lynn, Mass.
Ex-Secretary Manning is not yet at North
east Harbor but will soon arrive there.